Klitschko-Johnson Officials

The WBC has named the officials for the Vitali Klitschko vs. Kevin Johnson heavyweight championship fight on December 12 in Berne, Switzerland. The referee will be Kenny Bayless (USA). Judges are Omar Mintun (Mexico), Guido Cavalleri (Italy) and Fabian Kaj Guggenheim (Switzerland)

WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (38-2-0, 37 KOs ) will defend his title against challenger Kevin Johnson (22-0-1, 9 KOs) at PostFinance-Arena. This will be Klitschko’s third defense of his WBC title this year. In March, he beat #1 rated Juan Carlos Gomez in Stuttgart, Germany, by TKO 9 and then he dominated #1 ranked Cristobal Arreola in September winning by TKO in the 10th round in Los Angeles. The fight will be broadcast in over 100 countries including RTL in Germany and HBO in the US.